Chapter 1 explores the basics of law. For this project, you will create a PowerPoint, Prezi or a VoiceThread presentation or that outlines the important concepts of this chapter. Be sure to include the following information:
Stages in the growth of law
Common Law v. Positive Law
English Common law
Types of Laws
Criminal and Civil Laws and the differences bewteen the two
Procedural v. Substantive Laws
Business Law
All of the vocabulary terms introduced in the chapter
If you choose Prezi or VoiceThread you will need to register for free accounts on those sites. Please use your student login information (like you are logging on to a computer at school) for your login name and password on these sites. That will make it easy for you to remember the information.
Your multimedia artifact will be graded according to the following rubric:
CATEGORY
25
20
15
10 or less
Content
Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.
Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.
Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.
Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Organization
Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.
Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.
Content is logically organized for the most part.
There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.
Attractiveness
Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.
Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.
Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.
Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content.
Mechanics
No misspellings or grammatical errors.
Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.
Project 1 - Law Mural
Chapter 1 explores the basics of law. For this project, you will create a PowerPoint, Prezi or a VoiceThread presentation or that outlines the important concepts of this chapter. Be sure to include the following information:
If you choose Prezi or VoiceThread you will need to register for free accounts on those sites. Please use your student login information (like you are logging on to a computer at school) for your login name and password on these sites. That will make it easy for you to remember the information.
Your multimedia artifact will be graded according to the following rubric: